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Prisoner of War Mail. 1915-18 Covers and cards from (36) or to (4) R.F.C or R.A.F P.O.Ws in Germany, with mail from 18 different camps including 1915 cover from Lt. V.S Lindop, the first R.F.C P.O.W of the war, card from Lt. G.G Gilbert who was shot down by the Red Baron, correspondences from Lt. W.T Atkins (14), Lt. G.S Castle (5), Capt. E.G Walker (5), Lt. A.N Barlow (3), etc. Also official card from the P.O.W Information Bureau concerning a possible R.F.C casualty, picture postcards of R.F.C P.O.Ws (5), and associated letters (4). An interesting and scarce group. (50). £800-1,000
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1916-19 Covers and cards sent by French (5), Italian (22) or U.S (6) air force personnel, various cachets including 1916 card with "Detachement de l'Aviation Francaise / a Venise" and "AVIATION FRANCAISE D'ITALIE / LE COMMANDANT", 1918 cover with the cachet "AEROSTATION MARITIME / DIRIGEABLES DE BREST" incorporating a winged anchor, etc. Also associated cards (4) and an Italian pilot's medal award card. (38). £150-180
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Germany. 1915-18 Covers and cards from air force personnel including the air ace Lt. W. Fehlbusch (2), etc., various cachets. (37). £120-150
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1914-18 Covers and cards including 1917 cover from Havana to Sweden franked Cuba 5c endorsed from a P.O.W at Castillo del Morro; cover and cards from or to (2) Kumamoto Camp in Japan; covers from British or French P.O.W Camps in France; also facsimile P.O.W lettersheet produced for propaganda purposes and dropped over German lines by balloon, etc. (34). £150-180
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British Empire. 1914-20 Covers and cards to or from German P.O.Ws, comprising 1914 cover to Germany from an internee in Diyatalawa Camp in Ceylon with a Ceylon censor cachet and a Dutch stamp cancelled in Rotterdam; 1914 stampless postcard from Germany to a P.O.W in Sierra Leone; 1917 Canada cover with "Passed by Internment Censor / Kingston, Ont."; covers from Aus, South West Africa (3); and covers or cards from Malta with oval or boxed cachets (4, three types of cachet). Also a stampless card from a Turkish P.O.W in Malta with oval cachet. (11). £240-280
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Bulgaria/Austria/Russia. 1916-17 Covers and cards, from British P.O.Ws in Bulgaria (4); from or to British civilian internees in Austria (6); and two unusual stampless 1916 postcards apparently from a British Doctor, H.T Price, at Stretensk in Siberia, both sent to England as P.O.W mail. (12). £120-150
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Egypt. 1915-20 Covers and cards from (6) or to (3) P.O.Ws or internees in Egypt, camps comprise Tura, Helouan, Sidi Bishr, Ras-el-Tin or Suez Segregation Camp, also an unused P.O.W card. (10). £100-120
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France - P.O.W Ships. 1916-17 Postcard from a P.O.W on the hospital ship "La Navarre" censored at the P.O.W Depot at Carcassonne; cover from a P.O.W on the prison ship "Phryne" at Le Havre; and a registered cover from USA to a prisoner on the "Phryne" at Le Havre, censored at the P.O.W Depot at Oissel. (3). £120-150
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Germany. 1914-18 Covers and cards from or to British or allied P.O.Ws or internees, including Ruhleben (5); cards from O. Nicholson, 2nd Officer on the S.S "Esmeraldas", from six different camps (16); also picture postcards of P.O.Ws or P.O.W camps, and two cards from Switzerland concerning money received for food to be sent to a British P.O.W. (60). £120-150
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Gibraltar. 1914 Stampless covers from Austrian or German P.O.Ws with red circular "P.C", one with matching circular "POST FREE / PRISONERS OF WAR", the other with small violet "MAIL / CONTROL", a scarce and unusual pair. (2). £120-150
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Hong Kong. 1914 (Sep 10) Stampless cover to Germany from "W. Stilke, 128, Hong Kong", reverse flap sealed with red wax impressed "TOWN MARSHALS OFFICE / (crown) / HONG KONG", the front with "HONG-KONG / IV" c.d.s, violet triangular "Letter Prisoner of War / Free under / Convention" and oval "PROVOST MARSHAL / HONGKONG" signed "A.E Hurles, APM", and red circular "POST FREE / P.C / PRISONERS OF WAR". An early P.O.W cover just five weeks into the war, the Provost Marshal cachet the scarce first type with four dots (instead of single small circles) at either side, the triangular cachet the first type with "Letter" and "Prisoner". Photo on Page 64. £200-250
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Hong Kong. c.1915 Stampless cover to Germany inscribed on the reverse from "Carl Mayer No 219, c/o Provost Marshal" with boxed "PASSED BY / HONG (crown) KONG / CENSOR" and circular "POST FREE / P.C. / PRISONERS OF WAR" both in black, and the censor's personal handstamp "E.B / 476" in red, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 64. £150-180
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India/Tanganyika/Egypt. 1917 Ahmednagar P.O.W envelope "For Transmission Overseas from India", the sender probably captured in East Africa, addressed to Pangani near Tanga and readdressed to "Internment Camp, Tanga" and then to Egypt, the front with Ahmednagar censor cachet and triangular "PASSED / BY / CENSOR / No. 3990". The reverse with "Opened By Censor Under Martial Law" label tied boxed "PASSED BY / No. 3333 / CENSOR", datestamps of Base Office B, Indian F.P.O 304 (3 strikes) and Port Taufiq. Small tear at upper edge, otherwise fine and unusual. £100-120
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Jamaica. 1915-16 Stampless covers from German P.O.Ws to USA with violet boxed "FREE / Letter of Prisoner of War", one also with circular dated "PASSED MIL: CENSOR / JAMAICA" and a Cross Roads c.d.s; the other with boxed "Passed Censor", reverse with boxed "Answer to be addressed to / P. of W Brigade Office / Jamaica" and a Cross Roads c.d.s, enclosed letter from Up Park Camp. The second cover with minor edge faults and toning to reverse, the first fine. (2). £160-200
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Jamaica. 1915 (Feb 5) ½d Postcard to New York, from a German P.O.W at Up Park Camp, cancelled by Cross Roads c.d.s with violet boxed "FREE / Letter of Prisoner of War" and "Passed Censor", a New York postage due handstamp crossed out and endorsed "Paid", very unusual. Photo on Page 66. £150-180
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KUT/India. 1918 (Feb 4) P.O.W formula type postcard from Ahmednagar Camp, India, sent by an internee from East Africa, addressed to Wuga with violet circular "PASSED CENSOR / C / E.A" and Tanga arrival c.d.s (Dec 10); and a 1917 cover from an internee in Dar-Es-Salaam to the Bureau International de la Paix in Berne with I.E.F 2a6p cancelled by circular violet "PASSED CENSOR / C / E.A" and red boxed "CENSORSHIP / 13 JUL 1917 / "C" SECTION" alongside, a few edge faults but scarce. (2). £160-180
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Madagascar. 1915 Stampless cover from Lubeck, sent via the Bureau International de la Paix in Berne, to a P.O.W at Fort Duchesne, Antananarivo, with arrival c.d.s and censor cachet, very scarce. £100-120
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Malta. 1915 (Apr 5) Postcard to London with circular violet "FROM PRISONER OF WAR / PC / MALTA / FREE", oval "PRISONERS OF WAR / INFORMATION BUREAU" and a red London Official Paid c.d.s, the reverse with an illustrated "KAMP POST / MALTA" stamp printed in red, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 66. £250-300
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Mozambique/Azores. 1916-17 Stampless covers from German P.O.Ws, the first with Lourenco Marques datestamp and violet oval "PROVINCIA DE MOCAMBIQUE / LOURENCO MARQUES / SERVICE DE PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE"; the second from Angra do Heroismo in the Azores backstamped with red "DEPOSITO / DE / CONCENTRADOS ALEMAES / NA / ILHA TERCEIRA" and "CENSURADO / 28 ABR 1917", the front with various cachets applied at Angra do Heroismo, Lisbon or Geneva. (2). £200-250
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Mozambique/Belgian Congo. 1917 Mozambique 1c postcard from a German P.O.W at Lourenco Marques, cancelled by blue oval "PROVINCIA DE MOCAMBIQUE / LOURENCO MARQUES / SERVICE DE PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE" with circular "DELEGACAO PROVINCIAL DE LA CRUZ VERMELHA / LOURENCO MARQUES" and cachets of Lisbon and Geneva, very unusual. Also a cover to the Red Cross P.O.W Agency in Geneva with Belgian Congo 25c tied by Elisabethville c.d.s, a Belgian Congo censor label, blue "Civils" and P.O.W Agency cachets, probably from an internee. (2). Photo on Page 66. £250-300
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Netherlands/Switzerland. 1915-19 Covers and cards from or to military internees in the Netherlands (13) or Switzerland (20), also 1917 Lestweforgel Camp Christmas card and a postcard of British P.O.Ws at Montreux, one card from Groningen with violet "PART OF A MAIL CAPTURED / BY GERMANS AND DELAYED". (35). £150-180
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Norway. 1915-17 Stampless cover and postcard sent by British Internees from H.M.S India, the 1915 postcard depicting ten sailors with an H.M.S India lifebuoy, posted by R.A Clarke from Jorstadmoen, Faaberg, bearing a red perforated label with "PASSERER" and Norwegian arms tied by a Hamar c.d.s; the 1917 cover with a Faaberg c.d.s and violet "INTERNERINGSVAKTEN / JORSTADMOEN", a "KONTROLLERT" censor label on reverse. A scarce pair. (2). Photo on Page 66. £250-300
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Trinidad. 1917-18 Stampless "Prisoner of War" envelopes sent locally (2) or to the USA all with Port of Spain c.d.s and violet circular "POST FREE / P.C. / PRISONERS OF WAR" and "Percy W. Frazer / Capt. / Military Camp / Trinidad", one also with circular "Prisoners of War / F.W. Lt / Trinidad B.W.I", one with enclosed letter on "Military Camp, St James" notepaper, one with flap missing, otherwise very fine. (3). £200-250
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1914-19 Covers, cards and photos comprising 1914 cover with red "LONDON E.C / POSTAGE / PAID / POW" c.d.s and censor cachets; 1914 cover with violet "P.C / M.O.5 (H)" and stamps cancelled by London Official Paid machine and "POST FREE / PRISONERS OF WAR" cachets; 1918 O.H.M.S parcel tag to the Postal Censor in London with Morn Hill Camp c.d.s and Winchester P.O.W Camp cachet; 1919 lettersheet with "P.C RIPON" and 1½d tied by Ripon Camp c.d.s; postcard from a German sailor on S.M.S "Konig" at Scapa Flow with ship's cachet; real photo of S.S "Orotava" arriving at Cuxhaven with released prisoners, and picture postcards of the P.O.W Transport "Melilla" (2), etc. (13). £150-180
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Channel Islands - Jersey. 1915-17 Covers and cards comprising stampless P.O.W cover with "ST. PETERS / JERSEY" c.d.s and scarce "JERSEY / P.C / CHANNEL ISLANDS", roughly opened with piece torn from upper left corner; real photo picture postcard of a German P.O.W and a lettersheet both from the camp, and cards from Germany to the camp (3), all with circular "POST FREE / P.C / PRISONERS OF WAR" (4) or "P.C"; 1915 picture postcards depicting the camp or a barrack building both printed from pictures drawn by the P.O.W H. Muller. (8). £240-280
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Cheshire/Lancashire/Scotland. 1914-18 Covers and cards comprising 1914 stampless covers from Lancaster with violet boxed "O.H.M.S / PRISONERS OF WAR / POSTAGE FREE" (2), cards to the camp (2) and an unused bundle label; 1915 stamped cover from Handforth with camp censor cachet; covers from Leigh (5), a card to the camp and an unused bundle label; stamped cover from Stobs Camp at Hawick with camp censor cachet, stampless cover from (3) or to Stobs Camp. (18). £180-220
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Derbyshire/Shropshire. 1914-19 Covers and cards from Donington Hall (3), one unusually registered to London franked 3d; or from (4) or to Shrewsbury including 1915 and 1916 Christmas postcards and a postcard with printed Easter greetings, three with "P.C / SHREWSBURY", one with boxed "P.C" and separate "SHREWSBURY", the incoming postcard unusually from Brazil. Also a card to Weobley, a sub-camp of Shrewsbury. (9). £200-240
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Dorset/Hampshire/Somerset. 1914-18 Covers and cards comprising 1914 stampless cover with violet "DORCHESTER" and oval "PRISONERS OF WAR / INFORMATION BUREAU"; 1914 stampless postcard from Aldershot, covers from or to (2) Connaught Hospital, Aldershot; cover from 5th Southern General Hospital at Portsmouth; 1914 stampless postcard from Southampton with "Prisoners of War Reception Depots" cachet, cover from Shirley Skating Rink, Southampton, and a postcard to Southampton; lettersheet from Sandhill Park near Taunton and a German parcel card to the camp; lettersheets from Blandford or the sub-camp at Fovant; card to Blandford and a cover to Blackdown. (15). £150-180
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Berkshire/Hants/Surrey. 1914-18 Covers and cards comprising items from (4) or to (2) Holyport with a 1915 Christmas postcard and stamped cover both with oval camp censor, also unused 1916 Christmas postcard and a bundle label; 1914 stampless cover from Newbury with oval camp censor; 1914 postcard from Holland to Belmont Workhouse, Sutton, with violet boxed "Postal Censor" and "P.C. / M.O. 5(H)"; cover from Libury Hall with camp cachet; cover from Frith Hill and two postcards of the camp. (14). £150-180
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Ireland. 1916 P.O.W covers from Oldcastle to London franked 1d, with red circular "PRISONERS OF WAR / P.C / OLDCASTLE" (2); and undated stampless P.O.W covers from Templemore to Germany (2), all fine. (4). £160-180
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Isle of Man - Knockaloe. 1915-16 Covers comprising 3d size H registration envelope franked 1d pair to Holland, all tied by "THE CAMP, KNOCKALOE / PEEL" c.d.s, with camp registration label and censor cachet; and covers with "ALIENS DETENTION CAMP / KNOCKALOE / PEEL, ISLE OF MAN" printed in the lower left corner (2, differing sizes, one with O.H.M.S printed heading) both franked 1d to London, cancelled by Peel squared circle or Douglas machine. Three unusual covers, a few minor faults. (3). £150-180
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Isle of Man. 1915-19 Covers and cards from Knockaloe Camp (6) or Douglas Camp (5), or to Knockaloe (11) or Douglas (3), including 1915 postcard from Hungary with violet "REPATRIATED" and black boxed "P.W.I.B / Repatrie / RETOUR / Return to Sender", card from Denmark endorsed "Transferred Feltham", 3d registration envelope from London, cover to Brazil with scarce small oval "KNOCKALOE ALIENS CAMP / 13 NOV 1916 / ISLE OF MAN", other oval named censor cachets of Knockaloe (8) or Douglas (5), a few small faults. (25). £200-240
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Kent - Dartford. 1915-18 Stampless P.O.W covers from Dartford War Hospital (4) or Lower Southern Hospital, two with very scarce violet boxed censor cachets (with chamfered corners) reading "PASSED CENSOR / LOWER SOUTHERN HOSPITAL / DARTFORD" or "PASSED CENSOR / DARTFORD WAR HOSPITAL / DARTFORD". Also an unused Red Cross postcard of P.O.Ws at the hospital, and a 1916 cover from Russia to a British R.A.M.C Private at Dartford War Hospital redirected to Twezeldown Camp, endorsed "Not at" alongside the violet oval cachet "DARTFORD WAR HOSPITAL / 11 APR 1916 / DARTFORD". An unusual and scarce group, the Lower Southern Hospital cachet not recorded in the book by Graham Mark. (7). Photo on Page 66. £180-220
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London. 1914-17 Covers and cards comprising Alexandria Palace 1915 Christmas postcards in English (3) or German, and covers franked 1d (2), with circular "PRISONERS OF WAR / P.C / ALEXANDRA PALACE" (5, two types) or "O.H.M.S / Prisoners of War / Alexandra Palace N."; 1914 cover franked 1d with oval Olympia cachet; stampless covers from the Cornwallis Institute at Islington (2) and registered cover to the camp, all with oval camp cachets; 1916 cover from Stratford with violet "C.G.H / CENSOR" and a cover to Stratford endorsed "Repatriated" with boxed "Released from internment / RETURN TO SENDER / Der Kriegsgefangene ist entlassen / PRISONERS OF WAR / INFORMATION BUREAU". (12). £240-280
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Northants/Warwickshire. 1916-19 Covers, lettersheets and cards from Eastcote or Pattishall near Toncester (10), postcards (2) and a German parcel card to Pattishall, an unused 1916 Christmas postcard, and two official Red Cross postcards advising that a P.O.W has been moved to Pattishall. Also a 3d registration envelope cancelled at Coventry with violet oval "PRISONERS OF WAR CAMP / P.C / REDFORD, COVENTRY", no cachets from this camp recorded in the book by Graham Mark. (17). Photo on Page 66. £200-240
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Wales. 1914-18 Covers and cards comprising covers from Queens Ferry (4), one with violet oval "C.C.M" and boxed "O.H.M.S / PRISONERS OF WAR / POSTAGE FREE", another with red circular "PRISONERS OF WAR / P.C. / QUEENSFERRY"; covers from Dyffryn Aled (4, two stamped 1d with red "DA"); lettersheet from Beachley Camp, Chepstow; cover from Frongoch and three covers or cards to the camp, one a 3½d registration envelope from London with unusual double ring "P.C", another cover redirected to Dartford War Hospital with violet boxed "NOT AT FRONGOCH". (13). £200-240
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Yorkshire. 1914-18 Covers, cards and a front from (20) or to (2) Lofthouse Park, Wakefield, including a lettersheet to Hungary unusually with a 30f postage due applied, cover to USA missent to Las Palmas, eight covers or cards franked ½d or 1d and a front franked 3d, two 1915 Christmas postcards (one unusually sent to Japan), thirteen bear named camp censors in four types (including scarce tiny double oval type). Also a 1914 cover from York franked 1d with red "PRISONERS OF WAR CAMP / YORK" and "P.C"; and a lettersheet from Catterick with oval camp cachet. (24). £300-350
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"Ivernia". 1914 (Nov 30) Stampless cover from the ship to London with violet "NOT ON BOARD / R.M.S Ivernia" with "NOT" crossed out in ink, overstruck black oval "PRISONERS OF WAR / (crown) / INFORMATION BUREAU", red London Official Paid c.d.s and manuscript "PC". Also two postcards of the ship. An exceptional use of this rare "Ivernia" cachet. (3). Photo on Page 66. £200-250
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"Royal Edward". 1915 Covers comprising KGV 1d envelope from London to the ship with a superb strike of the very scarce oval "H.M.T ROYAL EDWARD / P.C. / SOUTHEND-ON-SEA" in violet; stampless P.O.W envelopes (3) and a cover with KGV ½d + 1d pair cancelled in pencil all with circular "POST FREE / P.C. / PRISONERS OF WAR"; two letters (without covers) from a P.O.W on the ship in which he describes being taken off a neutral ship bound from USA to Holland, both neutral countries; and five postcards of the ship. (12). Photo on Page 70. £300-350
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"Saxonia". 1915 (Jan 10) Registered cover from Southend to Hull franked 3d, return address of "H.M.S Saxonia, Hospital" with violet "P.C / H.M.S SAXONIA / SOUTHEND-ON-SEA", very fine and scarce. Also a stampless P.O.W cover to Germany with circular "POST FREE / P.C / PRISONERS OF WAR", and a postcard of the ship. (3). Photo on Page 70. £250-300
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"Canada". 1914 (Dec 28) Registered cover from Ryde to London franked 2d with violet boxed "P.C" (on both sides) and circular "HEAD QUARTERS / 28 DEC 1914 / PRISONERS OF WAR SHIP", return address of S.S "Canada", a superb and rare registered cover. Also a 1915 stampless P.O.W cover (with enclosed letter) to USA with violet circular "POST FREE / P.C. / PRISONERS OF WAR" and "NO CHARGE FOR POSTAGE / PRISONER OF WAR LETTER". (2). Photo on Page 70. £300-350
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"Ascania". 1914-15 Stampless covers and cards comprising printed P.O.W envelopes with Ryde c.d.s (Mar. 6-26) and red "PASSED CENSOR" (2) or scarce boxed "J.A.H / CENSOR"; postcards sent to London (2, one depicting the ship, the other endorsed "According to the rules") or sent to the L.S.W.R Parcels Dept. in Portsmouth asking for a parcel to be forwarded to the "ASCANIA" with London c.d.s (21 DEC. 14) and triangular framed "I.S"; O.H.M.S cover (severe faults) with Southampton c.d.s and scarce violet oval "COMMANDANT'S OFFICE / RYDE / 29 APR 1915 / PRISONERS OF WAR H.M.T "ASCANIA""; and a cover from Holland to a P.O.W on the ship, three with circular "POST FREE / P.C. / PRISONERS OF WAR". Also a postcard of the ship. (9). £300-350
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"Lake Manitoba"/ "Ascania". 1915 (Feb 26) Stampless cover with enclosed letter from Germany to "Walter Scherbze, ex H.M.S "Laurentic", Prisoner of War, H.M Ryde Concentration Camp" handstamped violet oval "PRISONERS OF WAR / RYDE, I.O.W / 18 MAR 1915 / H.M.T "LAKE MANITOBA" with manuscript "NOT ON BOARD" within the cachet and two line "NOT ON BOARD / "ASCANIA"", red straight line "PASSED CENSOR" applied on the "Ascania" to both the cover and enclosed letter, very unusual and scarce. Photo on Page 70. £250-300
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"Lake Manitoba". 1915 (Feb 26) Picture postcard from Switzerland to a P.O.W on S.S "Lake Manitoba", Portsmouth, with red "C.G.H. / CENSOR." and violet oval "PRISONERS OF WAR / RYDE, I.O.W. / 3 MAR. 1915 / H.M.T. "LAKE MANITOBA"", the stamp removed by the censor, fine and scarce. £120-150
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"Scotian"/"Tunisian". 1915 Stampless P.O.W covers to Germany, from the "Scotian" or "Tunisian", both with circular "POST FREE / P.C. / PRISONERS OF WAR", the "Tunisian" cover also with manuscript "P.C" and violet oval "PRISONERS OF WAR / PORTSMOUTH / HANTS / 19 JAN 1915 / H.M.T "SCOTIAN"". Also picture postcards of the two ships. (4). Photo on Page 70. £180-220
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"Tunisian". 1915 Covers to W.R McCall & Co in Belfast, one from the Prisoner of War Information Bureau in London with their oval cachet, the others from civilian internee Louis Pagenstecher sent stampless from H.M.T "Scotian" (2) or from Lofthouse Park franked 1d. The "Scotian" covers with a Ryde c.d.s (Feb 6) and violet oval "H.M.T TUNISIAN / P.C. / RYDE I.W", or with circular "POST FREE / P.C / PRISONERS OF WAR". Also a picture postcard of the "Tunisian". (5). Photo on Page 70. £250-300
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"Uranium". 1915 Stampless picture postcard with a handpainted picture of sailing boats and Christmas greetings on the reverse, to Germany handstamped "C.G.H / CENSOR.", circular "POST FREE / P.C. / PRISONERS OF WAR" and oval "PRISONERS OF WAR / RYDE, I.O.W / 15 MAY 1915 / H.M.T "URANIUM"", a little creased, scarce. Photo on Page 70. £160-200
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Argentina - Graf Spee Internees. 1940-44 Covers from Germany to "Graf Spee" internees in Argentina (14), three stampless covers with postage paid in cash, addressed to Cordoba (6, four c/o German Consulate), Isla Martin Garcia (2), German Hospital at Buenos Ayres, the German Embassy at Buenos Ayres (5, one with redirection label to the German Consulate at Cordoba), or Las Varillas, all endorsed "Graf Spee" in red crayon, three with Isla Martin Garcia datestamps. The nine 1940-41 covers flown by L.A.T.I to Brazil and Condor on to Argentina; the five 1943-44 covers sent by Pan Am via Lisbon and the USA. Also picture postcards depicting the "Graf Spee", the "Graf Spee" on fire (4), ships Captain and officers, funeral of Capt. Langsdorff, damage to H.M.S "Exeter", Frank Leedale who was held captive on the "Graf Spee" for 12 days (signed on reverse), British warships, etc., and various reproduction photos. An interesting collection, well written up on pages. (14+). Photo on Page 70. £1,000-1,200
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Malaya. c.1942-44 First or Second type P.O.W cards sent to England (2) or Australia (from Pte R.S Brown, A.I.F); and covers from India to British or Indian P.O.Ws in Singapore (3), one directed to Thailand, all with Japanese censor cachets. Two India covers a little stained and two P.O.W cards with vertical folds, otherwise fine. (6). £180-220
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Thailand. 1943 Second/Third type P.O.W cards with preprinted messages from Dutch P.O.Ws in Camp No. 4 or 6 (2) all to Java, one to the Women's Internment Camp, all censored in Thailand, one with a second censor handstamp probably applied in Java, one card with folds, otherwise fine. (3). £160-180
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